TAMPA, Fla. — Bild & Company, a seniors health care consulting firm, has partnered with software developer Enquire Solutions to launch a seniors-housing focused customer relationship management (CRM) platform named Bild CRM.
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Brookdale Appoints Mark Parrell and Lee Wielansky to Board Of Directors with Sandell Approval
by Jeff Shaw
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) has appointed of Mark J. Parrell and Lee S. Wielansky to its board of directors as Class III directors. The two appointees were selected with approval of Sandell Asset Management Corp., a shareholder group within the company that was pushing for changes on the board and for Brookdale to spin off its real estate portfolio into a REIT.
WEST POINT, Pa. — Senior living provider ACTS Retirement-Life Communities has unveiled a multi-year strategic plan to renovate and reposition its portfolio of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). The renovations are expected to total approximately $300 million over the next three years.
Ventas to Acquire Ardent Health Services for $1.75B, Spin Off Skilled Nursing Portfolio
by Jeff Shaw
CHICAGO — Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR), a seniors housing and healthcare REIT, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ardent Medical Services Inc. for $1.75 billion in cash. Ardent Medical, a subsidiary of Nashville-based Ardent Health Services, is one of the 10 largest for-profit hospital firms in the United States. The privately owned Ardent Medical will be entitled to distribute up to $75 million in excess cash to its existing shareholders as part of the transaction.
SAN FRANCISCO — Aging2.0, an international organization working to improve technology that supports seniors, has launched the Aging2.0 Alliance, a new membership community for senior care stakeholders and technology companies. The announcement was made at the 2015 National Investment Center (NIC) Capital and Business Strategies Forum in San Diego.
ATLANTA— AdCare Health Systems Inc. (NYSE MKT: ADK) (NYSE MKT: ADK.PRA), a provider of senior living and healthcare facility management, continues its transition from an owner and operator of healthcare facilities to a healthcare property holding and leasing company, with 35 of the company’s 40 properties leased or sub-leased. As a result, the company’s board of directors declared a cash dividend on the common stock. The company also announced changes to the board of directors and a the hiring of a new chief financial officer.
CARY, N.C. and TORONTO — Expanding its senior living market presence, North Carolina-based Dude Solutions Inc., a software-as-a-service provider of operations management solutions, has acquired Canadian software company Windmill Software Inc., including its flagship senior living operations software, TheWorxHub. The acquisition will grow Dude Solutions’ senior living footprint and also marks the opening of a Dude Solutions Canadian office in Toronto. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.